I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 151 - 101: Magic Pet, Wizard, and Unique Skills_2

Chapter 151: Chapter 101: Magic Pet, Wizard, and Unique Skills_2

Following the other party, they quickly arrived at a basement. For wizards, transforming fossils into mud and mud into stone made it quite easy to construct a sturdy underground lair.

"Look, my most satisfying masterpiece, the powerful Four Elements Magic Pet," the Magic Pet Wizard said, pointing at a Magic Pet that forcibly merged the four elements into a single elemental life form, his tone filled with pride.

"This gives you great elemental affinity and resistance, especially the resistance—almost to the point of immunity, right?" Gu Shanhai examined the Four Elements Magic Pet carefully before speaking.

"Exactly, you see the essence of Magic Pet arts," the Magic Pet Wizard generously praised Gu Shanhai. "Others only see the monster-like Magic Pets I’ve created with my skills. They are merely covetous of the technique, while you, you understand what the essence of Magic Pet arts truly is."

"Of course, I can even discern that the core nature of Magic Pet arts is the Druid’s animal companion, the overall direction is..." Gu Shanhai spoke fluently, not minding how much he said.

Listening to Gu Shanhai’s analysis, the Magic Pet Wizard’s expression changed slightly: "A perfect process, although different from mine, it has provided me with much insight."

Then he saw Gu Shanhai looking at him meaningfully, and he somewhat resentfully began to speak: "Your method is good, I was once..."

The old fellow wanted to get Gu Shanhai’s ideas and data for nothing. Gu Shanhai naturally would not indulge him, stopping mid-sentence.

The implication was that he had brought forth the real deal, not just some flattery to brush off the matter; real substance was expected in return.

Thus, the Magic Pet Wizard had no choice but to say something to satisfy Gu Shanhai, otherwise, he would seem like a fool.

However, this man’s vision wasn’t great; at crucial times, he hesitated or skimmed over details, which made Gu Shanhai’s expression grow serious.

"Magic Pet Wizard, you show no sincerity at all. I was completely transparent, but when it came to your part, there were attempts to conceal and cut corners," Gu Shanhai shook his head in dissatisfaction. "If you continue like this, then let’s not talk further, just scheming to get the better deal."

Gu Shanhai spoke very bluntly, not wanting to beat around the bush with the other party.

This made the Magic Pet Wizard feel awkward, but also a bit annoyed—after all, he had achieved these results using his techniques, and now he was being spoken to in this manner.

Yet, because he felt Gu Shanhai had come up with something exciting in Magic Pet arts, he kept his feelings in check.

"Let’s be straightforward. You give me the core elements of Magic Pet arts, and I’ll give you my newly developed techniques," Gu Shanhai spoke without mincing his words.

Hearing this, the Magic Pet Wizard’s expression soured; he was unwilling to give the core elements, hence he had been evasive with Gu Shanhai.

"Not enough, I want a thousand, no, ten thousand Gold Coins," said the Magic Pet Wizard.

"Fine, let’s trade," Gu Shanhai knew he was losing out on the Gold Coins, but since they were not of much use to him, he agreed.

The trade was completed quickly, and the Magic Pet Wizard intended to send him away, but Gu Shanhai was in no hurry and slowly said, "I’ve paid money and provided knowledge. I should at least see if what you’ve given me is correct before I leave."

He had invariably applied ’Detect Thoughts’ on himself, enabling him to detect the surface thoughts of others, and the amount of information obtained depended on the other’s willpower, mental strength, and various other attributes.

So, right after he said these words, he caught a hint of something amiss from the Magic Pet Wizard—an indication of nervousness, suggesting there was tampering involved.

He quickly reviewed the information, contemplated in his mind to verify its feasibility, and then said with a cold laugh, "You are clever, only tampering with the key parts and quite covertly too, making me think any failure was my own fault."

"Not only that, but you also laid a trap; after multiple failures, checks would become harder to pass, leaving me with a chance of death."

"So you never actually intended to let me get hold of the item, did you?"

Gu Shanhai spoke with a hint of regret. How come there is no trust between people anymore?

This guy is definitely from a neutral evil alignment. He didn’t perform Detect Alignment; using it recklessly is very impolite.

At this point, faces had been torn, the Magic Pet Wizard commanding his magic pets to surround Gu Shanhai, his tone unfriendly, "Take the item and scram if you want to save your life. Why expose it?"

"Because I wanted a free ride too," Gu Shanhai said with a smirk, and then he made his move in an instant.

In a blink, the Magic Pet Wizard couldn’t even react to Gu Shanhai’s move and was overpowered without any resistance; Gu gripped his neck tightly.

"You..."

Snap—

The opponent wanted to say something, but after uttering a single word, Gu Shanhai snapped his neck and tore off his head, with a long spine still attached, dripping with flesh.

The magic pets, caught off guard by the Magic Pet Wizard’s sudden death, followed suit; their vitality quickly faded, turning them into mere corpses.

"Just as I expected, it’s almost like a servant’s contract. When the Magic Pet Wizard dies, the magic pets die as well," Gu Shanhai suppressed his trembling right hand. He had just used his hand in an extreme state, which was why he could swiftly kill the Magic Pet Wizard. Otherwise, how could he have succeeded so quickly, given that the Wizard had shared so many magic pets’ abilities?

The opponent definitely was a tanky character with high health, strong defense, solid offense, and good sustain.

The fact that the magic pets also died upon the Magic Pet Wizard’s death was something he figured out based on parts of the information about magic pet skills and the character’s personality. If the Wizard had had any sense of grandeur, Gu Shanhai would not have slain him. From the concealment during their conversation and the deliberate mistakes in their transaction, it was clear he was not someone with grandeur.

If the item given by the Wizard had no issues, Gu Shanhai would have turned around and left. Unfortunately, the Wizard wanted his money without delivering the goods and sought his life, making it no wonder Gu Shanhai made his move.

"No wonder Mafas said most wizards are evil; truly, not all wizards are Merlin."

Merlin does have a sense of grandeur, whether it’s sending someone to kill or otherwise, he would acknowledge it and could afford to lose.

"There’s really nothing good here, this is truly poor, probably invested everything into research," Gu Shanhai muttered, rummaging through the corpse. Besides the ten thousand Gold Coins given, there were no transcendent items.

Thinking about it, just the shared power from the magic pets alone was enough to give him strong power, which could replace transcendent items.

Next was naturally to rummage through everything. Soon, Gu Shanhai found all his research data; developing magic pet skills definitely required not just brains but documentation, and in this respect, the Magic Pet Wizard had done quite well.

"Eh, this family crest..." Gu Shanhai found the crest of the Donia Family in a corner.

"Hiss, looks like he really was from the Donia Family; but it’s indeed strange for someone of noble birth to become a wizard."

Gu Shanhai then dug out many letters, all communications between Grand Duke Snow Donia and the Magic Pet Wizard, and that treasure map, well, it was given to Snow Donia by the Magic Pet Wizard and then awarded to Wizard Coulson as a reward. Unfortunately, Wizard Coulson didn’t get a chance to dig it up before he met his end.

"No wonder he could procure so many magical creatures; with the Donia Family as his channel and his funding, it was smooth sailing for him."

"Tsk, Snow Donia actually wanted to stage a coup; it seems he’s very dissatisfied with Atilis," Gu Shanhai discovered in the latest letters. Though Snow Donia was knocked down and outwardly submissive, he was inwardly unwilling—his power significantly stripped away, who could be content? He came to find the Magic Pet Wizard, planning a desperate gamble.